Etymograph

English

gegenion

Gegenion comes from German gegen ‘against’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *gagin ‘towards, in the direction of’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gagin‘towards, in the direction of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame formreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050gagan‘against’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350gegen‘against’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘against’
  6. Englishtodaygegenion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gagin‘towards, in the direction of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame formreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050gagan‘against’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350gegen‘against’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘against’
  6. Englishtodaygegenion

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- ‘to walk, step’

jay, camino, doppelganger, ging, 10 more

through Proto-Germanic *ganganą ‘to go, walk, step’

gang, gong, gan, 6 more

Today it means

noun A counterion: an ion of opposite charge to another in an electrochemical or ion transport system.

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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gagin / gegenion

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